I. Congregations wish their pastor would preach messages relevant to their daily needs and struggles1. Many pastors out of seminary are answering questions no one is asking.2. Many pastors are preaching over the head of the average believer.3. Many pastors…

Here are 12 Christmas love quotes to help us remember that December isn't just about presents and tasty treats -- it's about the heart.1. "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all year." ~ Charles…

One of the earliest poems I recollect memorizing as a child was: Mary had a little lamb; its fleece was white as snow… I was christened in the Catholic Church (my grandmother named me after St. Christopher!) where the image…

By Sheba Devaraj November 14, 2009 | 00:33:10 IF someone were to tell you that you don’t need a great capital to start a business and rake in profits in several crores, would you buy that claim? Perhaps not! However,…

Spending habits have undergone dramatic changes in recent years in India. A new report finds that people are spending a great deal on clothes and communications.Indian is showing a preference for ready-made apparel with a massive 75% hike in such…

Happy ThanksgivingFor the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig…

Walk into any  desi homes in America lately and you are likely to see them huddle around the tv program beamed from India. The latest player to enter this market is StarTV program thro DirectTV.There are plenty of viewers in…

Do I need counsel? Can’t I manage by myself? What makes you think the counselor knows everything?   These are questions that would have cropped up in our minds sometime or the other.   King Solomon wrote “Where there is…

The Bible teaches us that God has a multigenerational plan. This is true in spite of most Christians and churches barely surviving one generation of faith and practice, usually without emphasizing marriage, family, or multigenerational influence. The following is a…

The cleansing of the ten lepers, a miracle story unique to Luke (17:11-19), is significant at least for two reasons: First, in this section (Ch.16-19) which is chiefly teachings on God’s Kingdom, this healing event is inserted. Second, Jesus’ journey toward…

Listen to this description of the early church from the book of Acts. “And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having…

Foreign student enrollment from India exceeded 100,000 for the first time in USA. Over the last eight years Indian International Students were the top of the international student category. The number of international students at American universities increased by 8%…

A little over a week ago, I sat down with the leadership of St. Mark’s Church to talk about the future and what happens after December of this year. It was a great meeting and more on that later. Three…

Psalm 32 1 Blessed is he        whose transgressions are forgiven,        whose sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the man        whose sin the LORD does not count against him        and in whose spirit is no deceit. 3 When I…

10. the recent lack of updates is not because i'm not writing. but rather because i'm not publishing. the following is a mishmash of stuff i wrote two months ago mixed in with stuff i wrote two minutes ago as…

PSALM 23 - A PSALM OF DAVID. 1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,3 He restores my soul. He guides…

Agreed that everything about God is perfect, but His timing is simply impeccable.  He is never too early.  He is never too late.  He is always just on time.  A few weeks ago, as we were coming home from a…

This is a work in progress – raw materials for a book that I want to write as a legacy to God’s fingerprint and mighty hand favor in my life. MANY PEOPLE HAVE ENCOURAGED ME TO WRITE A BOOK. .…

IRONICALLY,  the very thing keeping most single women from getting a man to pop the question is the fact that they're 'single' women.That is to say, the fact that they're thinking like single women, as opposed to their married counterparts,…

Two pertinent ‘why’ questions help us understand the nature of Biblical compassion portrayed by the ‘prodigal Father’ who lavished love on his wayward son. (Lk.15:17-24). There is a definite progression, logic and climax in this story. One out of 100…